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It's a new encroachment on an area that has traditionally been considered to be out of bounds, even if perhaps it was not so legally. Watch old episodes of "Happy Days"; do you think the kids playing songs in Al's burger hangout had to contact somebody to ask permission?

I'll admit they have the legal right to do this, but since traditionally this kind of thing has been allowed, it is an encroachment and I consider it to be abuse. I don't consider them to have a moral right to do this.

--J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers

Watch old episodes of "Happy Days"; do you think the kids playing songs in Al's burger hangout had to contact somebody to ask permission?

Do you mean the songs on the jukebox? No, they didn't have to ask permission for each song. That's the purpose of clearinghouses such as ASCAP and BMI and (apparently) the Jukebox License Office [jukeboxlicense.com].

The JLO history page suggests that this licensing started in 1978, not soon enough to catch Happy Days in its timeline but soon enough to cover the show (which being televi